> Gamer_2k4 wrote:
>> My method gives creatures a turn counter and a speed for each action.
>> The counter starts at 0.  When the counter reaches 1000, the creature
>> can act again and 1000 is subtracted from the total.  When the creature
>> acts, the speed for that action is stored temporarily.  This happens
>> for each creature on that game turn.  Then the next turn comes, and the
>> counter is checked.  If it is less than 1000, the speed value of the
>> last action is added to the counter but the monster does not act.

>> Example:
>> Bat has a speed of 120.
>> Player has a speed of 100.
>> Turn:     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
>> Bat:      120   240   360   480   600   720   840   960   80    200
>> Player:   100   200   300   400   500   600   700   800   900   0

>> So we see that the bat moves again at turn 9, but the player can only
>> act at move 10 (because his speed is lower).  Also, partial moves (for
>> example ones that take up 1.2 turns) are accounted for with the
>> carryover (1020 -> 20, not 0).  You can give different values for
>> different actions too.  This makes it fairly simple to have heavy
>> weapons take longer to attack with, and to allow for pack weight.
>> (Speed = Speed - (pack / Str)).  If your speed was 100, your pack had
>> 50 pounds in it, and your strength was 10, your speed would be reduced
>> by 5 (100 - (50 / 10)).  You could say that your attack speed is (Speed
>> - weapon weight).  This way you could attack very quickly with light
>> weapons (knives) or slowly with heavy weapons (hammer).  Obviously
>> heavy weapons would do more damage.  Attacking with hammer (weight 20)
>> would take 13 game turns, instead of the normal 10 for moving.  I hope
>> this system helps.

> It seems like everyone is relying on  ticks for thier game turns, or
> discarding the excess. Is there any way of taking up 1.2 turns without
> that? I personally prefer ticks, but if you don't want to go there you
> could keep a tally of how much time you gave left over, and when it's a
> whole turn, you get an extra turn. That's kind of like ticks though.
> other than that I like the OP's current solution, which makes the pc
> 'hurry' to finish a move, and suffer a stat drain. I like this solution
> because stats are basically there to make up for what you can't
> simulate. you can't simulate. You can't simulate the partial turn
> without a tick system, so use a stat equivalent of not having a full
> turn.

> Example:
> Bat has a speed of 120.
> Player has a speed of 100.
> Turn:     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
> Bat:      120   240   360   480   600   720   840   960   80    200
> Player:   100   200   300   400   500   600   700   800   900   0

> So we see that the bat moves again at turn 9, but the player can only
> act at move 10 (because his speed is lower).  Also, partial moves (for
> example ones that take up 1.2 turns) are accounted for with the
> carryover (1020 -> 20, not 0).  You can give different values for
> different actions too.  This makes it fairly simple to have heavy
> weapons take longer to attack with, and to allow for pack weight.
> (Speed = Speed - (pack / Str)).  If your speed was 100, your pack had
> 50 pounds in it, and your strength was 10, your speed would be reduced
> by 5 (100 - (50 / 10)).  You could say that your attack speed is (Speed
> - weapon weight).  This way you could attack very quickly with light
> weapons (knives) or slowly with heavy weapons (hammer).  Obviously
> heavy weapons would do more damage.  Attacking with hammer (weight 20)
> would take 13 game turns, instead of the normal 10 for moving.  I hope
> this system helps.